Overview
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical note
Scope and Contents note
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0998
Creator:
Travis, Martin Bice, 1917-
Title: Martin Bice Travis papers
Dates: 1952-2006
Physical Description:
2 Linear feet (5 boxes)
Summary: Collection includes correspondence pertaining to the start of the Institute of American History and Government (Coe Program)
at SUNY Stony Brook, 1964-65, and David Potter’s participation in it, 1964-70; letters to Travis from James T. Watkins re
Travis’s position at Stanford, 1952-55; correspondence and some financial records re the selling of Travis’s Stanford house
(528 Alvarado), 1961-62; and obituaries of Travis and his wife Olivia, 2006.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Helen Travis, 2010.
Cite As
[identification of item], Martin Bice Travis Papers (SC0998). Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical note
Educated at Amherst College and the University of Chicago, Travis taught briefly at Stanford before joining the faculty of
SUNY Stony Brook where he helped establish the William Robertson Coe Institute of American Studies
Scope and Contents note
Collection includes correspondence pertaining to the start of the Institute of American History and Government (Coe Program)
at SUNY Stony Brook, 1964-65, and David Potter’s participation in it, 1964-70; letters to Travis from James T. Watkins re
Travis’s position at Stanford, 1952-55; correspondence and some financial records re the selling of Travis’s Stanford house
(528 Alvarado), 1961-62; obituaries of Travis and his wife Olivia, 2006; letters received from Prof. David Harris, Kristin
Mullick [Glen], and Quincy Wright, 1962-1968; research notes and sources on the Panama Canal, 1959-1964; research proposal,
notes, and correspondence re research on the Legal Adviser in the Department of State, 1967-61; Travis’ lecture notes for
a course, 1954, and term paper research note cards by students in the course.
Access Terms
Harris, David, (David W. Clancy), 1900-1975.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Potter, David Morris
Watkins, James T. (James Thomas), 1907-1982.
Stanford University--Faculty housing.